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Hillar Mets

Biography

Hillar Mets  (1954) is a well-known Estonian caricaturist and illustrator. He works at the Estonian daily newspaper Eesti Päevaleht, which has printed his caricatures six days a week for almost 20 years. Mets has illustrated numerous children’s books, textbooks, non-fiction works, and every cover of the Estonian translations of Terry Pratchett’s novels. He has also received several awards in a wide range of cartoon competitions. Member of the Estonian Graphic Designers Association.

Profile photo: Piia Ruber

Ingrid Gilts-Nittim. Gerbils Big Adventure, Tänapäev, 2007, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentLouis Sachar. Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Draakon & Kuu, 2008, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentTerry Pratchett. Monstrous Regiment, cover, Varrak, 2008, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentTerry Pratchett.  Thud!, cover, Varrak, 2009, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentPiret Raud. Tobias, Second Grade, cover, Mustvalge, 2010, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentTerry Pratchett.  Unseen Academicals, cover, Varrak, 2010, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentIlmar Tomusk. Graduation, Tammerraamat, 2010, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentIlmar Tomusk. The Angels in Class 6B, Tammerraamat, 2011, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentTiia Selli. King Sheep Head And the Kingdom of Piripot, Tänapäev, 2011, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentIlmar Tomusk. The Forensics Kids of Class 3A, cover, Tammerraamat, 2012, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentIlmar Tomusk. The Criminal Summer Break, Tammerraamat, 2014, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentTerry Pratchett. Raising Steam, Varrak, 2014, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentIlmar Tomusk. The Criminal Road-Trippers, Tammerraamat, 2014, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentIlmar Tomusk. The Criminal Road-Trippers, Tammerraamat, 2014, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatmentIko Maran. How To Raise the Parents, cover, Tänapäev, 2014, lead pencil, ink, digital drawing, digital treatment
2024
Nukits Competition, 3rd place for illustration (Ilmar Tomusk. Julius, what did you do during the summer?)

2021
Good Children's Book (Anti Saar. How I Didn't Become a Writer)

2018
Nukits Competition, 1st place (Ilmar Tomusk. Adventures of an Amateur Time Traveler)

2016
Nukits Competition, 2nd place for illustration (Ilmar Tomusk. The Criminal Summer Break)

2014
Nukits Competition, 3rd place for illustration (Ilmar Tomusk. The Forensics Kids of Class 3A)


2012
Good Children's Book (Ilmar Tomusk. The Forensics Kids of Class 3A)

2010
Good Children's Book (Piret Raud. Tobias, Second Grade)